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Having made a couple of locomotives from an assortment of bought in and scratch built components (mainly from ‘Plastikard’) they have proved to be reasonably successful. I should state the obvious at this stage they are battery powered, radio controlled and have the luxury of sound which, in my opinion, does cross the divide between live steam and electric propulsion. It does however add to the overall cost.

An article on the Isle Of Man Steam Railway Supporters’ Association website talks about the fact that they made the offer to reassemble and cosmetically restore the railway’s original steam locomotive, No.1 Sutherland. The proposal would see the work funded by the Association, this would include the purchase of the necessary replacement items and rectification work, at no cost to the Isle of Man Taxpayer.

Below is an article by Mike Urban in the Brighton Buzztalking about his finds when trawling through some railway archives …….(yes, that’s what passes for fun around these parts), we came across this photo of a rather splendid little locomotive carrying the number 667 and the name, ‘Brixton’.

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I know there are many women or maybe men who follow their partners around the country attending shows, going to events and preserved railways but my main issue has always been getting to a town or city looking for that elusive model shop and not being able to find it.

This is about to change with our searchable directory including google maps and even actual printable directions